UPDATE: Solar-powered plane leaves Lunken

3:02 PM,
Jun. 15, 2013

Solar Impulse, a solar-powered airplane with a wingspan of 208 feet, similar to a Boeing 747, is parked in its inflatable hangar at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Tuesday, June 4, in St. Louis. The airplane, which can fly day and night without fuel, uses solar power gathered from 11,628 silicon solar cells mounted on the wing and horizontal stabilizer to power four electric engines. / Associated Press/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Erik M.Lunsford

Written by

UPDATE 2:45 p.m.: Pilot Bertrand Piccard took off from Lunken Airport Saturday morning heading to Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C. The plane is expected to land at 1 a.m. Sunday. Takeoff was delayed two hours as a result of fog.

--

A solar-powered airplane attempting to fly cross-country is scheduled to land at Lunken Airport tonight. ...